English plays

Frost/Nixon is a 2006 British play by screenwriter and dramatist Peter Morgan based on a series of televised interviews that former U.

Run For Your Wife (1983) is an adult comedy play by Ray Cooney.

Up For Grabs (2000) is a play by Australian playwright David Williamson.

Speed-the-Plow is a 1988 play by David Mamet which is a satirical dissection of the American movie business, a theme Mamet would revisit in his later films Wag the Dog (1997) and State and Main (2000).

Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas.

The Miracle Worker is a three-act play by William Gibson adapted from his 1957 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, often referred to as just Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, is an absurdist, existentialist tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966.

Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present, order and disorder, certainty and uncertainty.

The Glass Menagerie is a four-character memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame.

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde.

Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde.

Incident at Vichy is a 1964 play by American dramatist Arthur Miller about a group of men detained in Vichy France; and held to wait unknowingly, for what turns out to be their "racial" inspection by German military officers and Vichy French police during World War II.

Indian Ink is a 1995 play by Tom Stoppard based on his 1991 radio play In the Native State.

The Lion in Winter is a 1966 play by James Goldman, depicting the personal and political conflicts of Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their children and their guests during Christmas, 1183.

Kiss of the Spider Woman is an 1983 stage adaptation by Manuel Puig's of his Kiss of the Spider Woman novel.

Racing Demon is a 1990 play by English playwright David Hare.

That Good Night is a play by NJ Crisp, written with the intention of it being performed by Donald Sinden and his son Marc Sinden playing the central characters of the father and son.

The Absence of War is a play by English playwright David Hare, the final installment of his trilogy about contemporary Britain.

The Enchanted is a 1950 English adaptation by Maurice Valency of the play Intermezzo written in 1933 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux.

Another Country is a play written by the English playwright Julian Mitchell.

Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners is an anthology-style play compiled and written by Carry On.

The Boy James is a play written by Alexander Wright that opened in 2010 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and featured as part of Belt Up Theatre's 2010 Edinburgh season, The House Above.

Whose Life Is It Anyway? is a play by Brian Clark adapted from his 1972 television play of the same title, which starred Ian McShane.

This House is a play by James Graham.

Trafford Tanzi is a play by Clare Luckham.

Precious Little Talent is a 2009 play written and directed by Ella Hickson.

A Kiss for Cinderella is a play by J.

Closer is the second play by English playwright Patrick Marber.

Morecambe celebrates the life of Eric Morecambe and is based on his life in the entertainment industry.

Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays is a play written by Alan Ayckbourn in 1988.

London Assurance (originally titled Out of Town) is a six-act comedy by Dion Boucicault.

Afternoon is a feminist play written in 1883 by Ouida.

Paul is a 2005 play by Howard Brenton, which portrays the life and career of Paul the Apostle.

Paul Pry (1825), a farce in three acts, was the most notable play written by 19th-century English playwright John Poole.

Skylight is a play by British dramatist David Hare.

See How They Run is an English comedy in three acts by Philip King.

Strangers on a Train is a play written by Craig Warner and is based on the 1950 the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith.

The Full Monty is a comedy play written by Simon Beaufoy, from his original screenplay for the 1997 film The Full Monty.

Home is a play by David Storey.

Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry is a 2005 dramatisation by English journalist Richard Norton-Taylor of four years of evidence of the Saville Inquiry, distilled into two hours of stage performance by Tricycle Theatre in London.

Blue/Orange is a play written by English dramatist, Joe Penhall.

Elmina's Kitchen, first performed in May 2003, is the fifth play from the British actor, playwright and broadcaster, Kwame Kwei-Armah.

Enjoy is a comedy play written in 1980 by Alan Bennett.

Enron (stylised as ENRON) is a 2009 play by the British playwright Lucy Prebble, based on the Enron scandal.

Flare Path is a play by Terence Rattigan, written in 1941 and first staged in 1942.

Four Nights in Knaresborough is a play written by Paul Corcoran (now known as Paul Webb) and first performed at the Tricycle Theatre, London in 1999.

Fram (Norwegian for Forward) is a 2008 play by Tony Harrison.

Funny Farm' is a 1975 television play written by Roy Minton and directed by Alan Clarke, broadcast as part of BBC 1's Play for Today series on 27 February 1975 (91 mins).

Kurt and Sid is a play by Roy Smiles which had its world premiere at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End.

The copy of this play in the Garrick Collection appears to be the only one known.

Shakespeare's Villains is a one-man play, created and performed by Steven Berkoff.

Yellow Sands is a play which opened at the Haymarket Theatre, London in 1925, where it ran for 610 performances, and at the Fulton Theatre, New York City on September 10, 1927, where it ran for 25 performances, closing in October 1927.

In God We Trust is a play written by Avaes Mohammad.

Horestes is a late Tudor morality play by the English dramatist John Pickering.

The Tragical History of Guy Earl of Warwick or The Tragical History, Admirable Atchievments and Various Events of Guy Earl of Warwick (Guy Earl of Warwick) is an English history play, with comedy, of the late 16th or early 17th century.

The Coventry Mystery Plays, or Coventry Corpus Christi Pageants, are a cycle of medieval mystery plays from Coventry, West Midlands, England, and are perhaps best known as the source of the "Coventry Carol".

On the Shore of the Wide World is a play by English playwright Simon Stephens.

Orphans is a 2009 play by London playwright Dennis Kelly, an exploration of violence in urban areas.

Punk Rock is a play by the British playwright Simon Stephens which premiered at the Royal Exchange in 2009 and transferred to the Lyric Hammersmith directed by Sarah Frankcom.

Sucker Punch is a play by the award-winning British playwright Roy Williams.

William Jordan (fl. 1611), Cornish dramatist, lived at Helston in Cornwall, and is supposed to have been the author of the Cornish language mystery or sacred drama Gwreans an Bys: the Creacon of the World.

Entertaining Mr Sloane is a play by the English playwright Joe Orton.

Juicy Fruits is a one-act comedy by Leo Butler that was produced by touring theatre company Paines Plough in 2011.

Rafts and Dreams is a play by English playwright Robert Holman that was first performed in 1990, and published in 1991.

Meeting Joe Strummer is a two-handed play by Paul Hodson

The Priory is a play by Michael Wynne that opened at the downstairs theatre of the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2009.

The Riots is a play created by Gillian Slovo from spoken evidence, which explains and evaluates the events that took place during the 2011 England riots.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1962 play by Edward Albee.

The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus is a 1990 hit play by English poet and playwright Tony Harrison.

Lord Arthur's Bed is a play by English playwright Martin Lewton.

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1967 play by the English playwright Peter Nichols, first staged at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, before transferring to the Comedy Theatre in London's West End.

Lucky Dog by Leo Butler is play which premiered in the upstairs Jerwood Theatre of Royal Court in 2004.

A Voyage Round My Father is an autobiographical play by John Mortimer, later adapted for television.

Constellations is a two-hander play by the English playwright Nick Payne.

Dear Daddy is a 1976 play written by English playwright Denis Cannan, first staged at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End.

East is a 1975 verse play by Steven Berkoff, dealing with growing up and rites of passage in London's rough East End.

Inadmissible Evidence is a play written by John Osborne in November 1964.

Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries by FF 8282 is the authorised theatrical adaptation of Jeffrey Archer's 3-volume diary of his time in jail, (which were published as A Prison Diary).